Botany Manor
@botanymanor.bsky.social
Botany Manor is a botanical puzzle game set in a Victorian English manor by Balloon Studios 🍄 OUT NOW! 🌱 Free Demo on Steam: http://botanymanor.com/steam
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Botany Manor
@botanymanor.bsky.social
· Oct 28
Hey Bluesky! 👋 🦋
Botany Manor is a puzzle game set in a Victorian English Manor. If you enjoy:
🌷 Flowers
🏡 Exploring a beautiful manor
📚 Scientific research
👒 A heartwarming story
Then give us a follow!
Botany Manor is a puzzle game set in a Victorian English Manor. If you enjoy:
🌷 Flowers
🏡 Exploring a beautiful manor
📚 Scientific research
👒 A heartwarming story
Then give us a follow!
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Botany Manor (Balloon Studios, 2024)
September 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Botany Manor (Balloon Studios, 2024)
Botany Manor is taking part in the Back To School Steam celebration!
Discover a wonderful list of games that encourage learning and productivity 💚🌻
Discover a wonderful list of games that encourage learning and productivity 💚🌻
August 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Botany Manor is taking part in the Back To School Steam celebration!
Discover a wonderful list of games that encourage learning and productivity 💚🌻
Discover a wonderful list of games that encourage learning and productivity 💚🌻
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We partnered with @gamesforchange.bsky.social to present the Accessibility Award at the Games for Change Festival 2025!
This year’s winner is Botany Manor (@botanymanor.bsky.social), recognized for making accessibility bloom. 💐🏡
This year’s winner is Botany Manor (@botanymanor.bsky.social), recognized for making accessibility bloom. 💐🏡
Teaming Up for Change: How AbleToPlay Partnered with Games for Change to Curate the 2025 Accessibility Award
We teamed up with Games For Change to curate the 2025 Accessibility Award. Here's the story behind it!
abletoplay.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We partnered with @gamesforchange.bsky.social to present the Accessibility Award at the Games for Change Festival 2025!
This year’s winner is Botany Manor (@botanymanor.bsky.social), recognized for making accessibility bloom. 💐🏡
This year’s winner is Botany Manor (@botanymanor.bsky.social), recognized for making accessibility bloom. 💐🏡
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We're so excited to announce that @botanymanor.bsky.social and #MagicalDelicacy are part of the #WholesomeGamesCelebration on @steampowered.com from August 7-14!
#botanymanor @skaule.bsky.social @wholesomegames.com #indiegames #wholesomegames #whitethorngames
#botanymanor @skaule.bsky.social @wholesomegames.com #indiegames #wholesomegames #whitethorngames
July 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We're so excited to announce that @botanymanor.bsky.social and #MagicalDelicacy are part of the #WholesomeGamesCelebration on @steampowered.com from August 7-14!
#botanymanor @skaule.bsky.social @wholesomegames.com #indiegames #wholesomegames #whitethorngames
#botanymanor @skaule.bsky.social @wholesomegames.com #indiegames #wholesomegames #whitethorngames
Wow this is gorgeous 😍 seeing things like this really makes my day 💚
Attempt number three with a hanging glass piece from goodwill. I like how this one came out! Much less bubbling and I tried multiple layers. Inspired by @botanymanor.bsky.social logo. #painting #arts #crafts
August 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Wow this is gorgeous 😍 seeing things like this really makes my day 💚
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There are just some games that stick with you that you wish you could experience for the first time again.
@botanymanor.bsky.social @somehumbleonion.bsky.social @studiodrydock.com @sandwitchdev.bsky.social
www.comfycozygaming.com/2025/07/16/c...
@botanymanor.bsky.social @somehumbleonion.bsky.social @studiodrydock.com @sandwitchdev.bsky.social
www.comfycozygaming.com/2025/07/16/c...
4 cozy games that I wish I could play for the first time again - Comfy Cozy Gaming
There are just some games that stick with you that you wish you could experience for the first time again. Here's my list of 4 cozy games that left a lasting impression on me.
www.comfycozygaming.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There are just some games that stick with you that you wish you could experience for the first time again.
@botanymanor.bsky.social @somehumbleonion.bsky.social @studiodrydock.com @sandwitchdev.bsky.social
www.comfycozygaming.com/2025/07/16/c...
@botanymanor.bsky.social @somehumbleonion.bsky.social @studiodrydock.com @sandwitchdev.bsky.social
www.comfycozygaming.com/2025/07/16/c...
Botany Manor is 30% off in the Steam Summer Sale! 🏖️
With its sunny gardens and peaceful birdsong, Botany Manor is the perfect game to get in the mood for your summer holiday! 🐦⬛🌻
With its sunny gardens and peaceful birdsong, Botany Manor is the perfect game to get in the mood for your summer holiday! 🐦⬛🌻
June 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Botany Manor is 30% off in the Steam Summer Sale! 🏖️
With its sunny gardens and peaceful birdsong, Botany Manor is the perfect game to get in the mood for your summer holiday! 🐦⬛🌻
With its sunny gardens and peaceful birdsong, Botany Manor is the perfect game to get in the mood for your summer holiday! 🐦⬛🌻
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Playing @botanymanor.bsky.social was a very relaxing experience!
June 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Playing @botanymanor.bsky.social was a very relaxing experience!
We're so excited to share Botany Manor won the Accessibility Award at the #GamesForChange awards!
The team put a lot of work into accessibility features, colour-blind legibility for clues and designing the game to be gentle to the player. As a small studio, it means a lot to see it recognised 😊💚
The team put a lot of work into accessibility features, colour-blind legibility for clues and designing the game to be gentle to the player. As a small studio, it means a lot to see it recognised 😊💚
June 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
We're so excited to share Botany Manor won the Accessibility Award at the #GamesForChange awards!
The team put a lot of work into accessibility features, colour-blind legibility for clues and designing the game to be gentle to the player. As a small studio, it means a lot to see it recognised 😊💚
The team put a lot of work into accessibility features, colour-blind legibility for clues and designing the game to be gentle to the player. As a small studio, it means a lot to see it recognised 😊💚
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Botany Manor is a great shout in this article about the best houses in games.
Play Botany Manor, it's wonderful! And it's pleasingly short!
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...
Play Botany Manor, it's wonderful! And it's pleasingly short!
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...
May 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Botany Manor is a great shout in this article about the best houses in games.
Play Botany Manor, it's wonderful! And it's pleasingly short!
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...
Play Botany Manor, it's wonderful! And it's pleasingly short!
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...
We're super proud to announce that Botany Manor is a finalist in the Games for Change awards in the Best Gameplay category 💚 Congratulations to all the other nominees!
#G4C2025
#G4C2025
May 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're super proud to announce that Botany Manor is a finalist in the Games for Change awards in the Best Gameplay category 💚 Congratulations to all the other nominees!
#G4C2025
#G4C2025
We're so honoured and excited to share Botany Manor received an Xbox Excellence Award for top store rating of 2024. It's amazing to see how our game has left a lasting impression on so many 💚🌳
Thanks so much to @xbox.com and @gamepass.xbox.com for all the support!
Thanks so much to @xbox.com and @gamepass.xbox.com for all the support!
April 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We're so honoured and excited to share Botany Manor received an Xbox Excellence Award for top store rating of 2024. It's amazing to see how our game has left a lasting impression on so many 💚🌳
Thanks so much to @xbox.com and @gamepass.xbox.com for all the support!
Thanks so much to @xbox.com and @gamepass.xbox.com for all the support!
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New Review! I played the lovely Botany Manor from @balloonstudios.bsky.social . Not to spoil anything, but I MAY have given it my highest score so far 🔗👇
April 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
New Review! I played the lovely Botany Manor from @balloonstudios.bsky.social . Not to spoil anything, but I MAY have given it my highest score so far 🔗👇
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Botany Manor's puzzles paint you a vivid portrait of the person who left them behind, @skull-hazard.bsky.social writes: gamesline.net/botany-manor...
gamesline.net
April 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Botany Manor's puzzles paint you a vivid portrait of the person who left them behind, @skull-hazard.bsky.social writes: gamesline.net/botany-manor...
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Congrats to @balloonstudios.bsky.social on this awesome achievement! 👏🏾💚
If you like beautiful cozy games, you’ll love Botany Manor 🌷🪻🌼: www.xbox.com/games/store/...
If you like beautiful cozy games, you’ll love Botany Manor 🌷🪻🌼: www.xbox.com/games/store/...
🎉 👏 Congratulations to @botanymanor.bsky.social for being selected to receive the Xbox Excellence Award! This beautifully creative game from a brilliant team absolutely deserves the spotlight! Well done, Balloon Studios! 🎉 👏
April 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Congrats to @balloonstudios.bsky.social on this awesome achievement! 👏🏾💚
If you like beautiful cozy games, you’ll love Botany Manor 🌷🪻🌼: www.xbox.com/games/store/...
If you like beautiful cozy games, you’ll love Botany Manor 🌷🪻🌼: www.xbox.com/games/store/...
We had such a lovely time at the BAFTA Games Awards 💜
We're so honoured to have been recognised in the wonderful Game Beyond Entertainment category, and of course congratulations to Tales of Kenzera: Zau for taking home the award!
We're so honoured to have been recognised in the wonderful Game Beyond Entertainment category, and of course congratulations to Tales of Kenzera: Zau for taking home the award!
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We had such a lovely time at the BAFTA Games Awards 💜
We're so honoured to have been recognised in the wonderful Game Beyond Entertainment category, and of course congratulations to Tales of Kenzera: Zau for taking home the award!
We're so honoured to have been recognised in the wonderful Game Beyond Entertainment category, and of course congratulations to Tales of Kenzera: Zau for taking home the award!
Kitt and Laure were invited on the podcast of Draknek & Friends to talk about Botany Manor, puzzles and inspirations.
Thanks for having us! Link to the podcast below 👇
Thanks for having us! Link to the podcast below 👇
Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 19 featuring @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social from the @botanymanor.bsky.social team is out now! Topics include the inspiration for setting the puzzles in a manor, and tricking players into playing puzzle games.
pod.link/1777156468
pod.link/1777156468
Draknek & Friends Official Podcast
Join Alan and Syrenne from Draknek & Friends as they talk to developers of some of their favorite puzzle games, shedding light onto how games get made and the people behind them!
pod.link
March 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Kitt and Laure were invited on the podcast of Draknek & Friends to talk about Botany Manor, puzzles and inspirations.
Thanks for having us! Link to the podcast below 👇
Thanks for having us! Link to the podcast below 👇
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Congratulations to funded company @botanymanor.bsky.social on their nomination at the upcoming @baftagames.bsky.social awards!
The nominees for Game Beyond Entertainment are…
BOTANY MANOR
KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP)
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU
TETRIS FOREVER
VAMPIRE THERAPIST
#BAFTAGamesAwards
BOTANY MANOR
KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP)
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU
TETRIS FOREVER
VAMPIRE THERAPIST
#BAFTAGamesAwards
March 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Congratulations to funded company @botanymanor.bsky.social on their nomination at the upcoming @baftagames.bsky.social awards!
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Botany Manor is such a relaxing awesome puzzle game.
March 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Botany Manor is such a relaxing awesome puzzle game.
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The nominees for Game Beyond Entertainment are…
BOTANY MANOR
KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP)
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU
TETRIS FOREVER
VAMPIRE THERAPIST
#BAFTAGamesAwards
BOTANY MANOR
KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP)
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU
TETRIS FOREVER
VAMPIRE THERAPIST
#BAFTAGamesAwards
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The nominees for Game Beyond Entertainment are…
BOTANY MANOR
KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP)
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU
TETRIS FOREVER
VAMPIRE THERAPIST
#BAFTAGamesAwards
BOTANY MANOR
KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP)
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU
TETRIS FOREVER
VAMPIRE THERAPIST
#BAFTAGamesAwards
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Proud to have 3 of our games in this year's Women's Day Sale hosted by @wingsfund.me!
Shop the sale and get:
💐 20% off Botany Manor
🐰 65% off Princess Farmer
🐸 60% off Teacup
Be sure to tune in through March 9 for special discounts and showcases featuring women-led studios!
Shop the sale and get:
💐 20% off Botany Manor
🐰 65% off Princess Farmer
🐸 60% off Teacup
Be sure to tune in through March 9 for special discounts and showcases featuring women-led studios!
February 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Proud to have 3 of our games in this year's Women's Day Sale hosted by @wingsfund.me!
Shop the sale and get:
💐 20% off Botany Manor
🐰 65% off Princess Farmer
🐸 60% off Teacup
Be sure to tune in through March 9 for special discounts and showcases featuring women-led studios!
Shop the sale and get:
💐 20% off Botany Manor
🐰 65% off Princess Farmer
🐸 60% off Teacup
Be sure to tune in through March 9 for special discounts and showcases featuring women-led studios!
We're so honoured (and a little shocked!) to have won the Accessibility award for Botany Manor at @debugawards.com! 🏆✨🌷
The Award for Accessibility goes to the team at @balloonstudios.bsky.social for Botany Manor!
February 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We're so honoured (and a little shocked!) to have won the Accessibility award for Botany Manor at @debugawards.com! 🏆✨🌷
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Big thanks to the @botanymanor.bsky.social team at @balloonstudios.bsky.social for sharing their insights with us! 🌿🎮
Your thoughtful storytelling not only created a beautiful game, but it also brings to fore important conversations about women in #academia. 🙌 #WomenInSTEM
Your thoughtful storytelling not only created a beautiful game, but it also brings to fore important conversations about women in #academia. 🙌 #WomenInSTEM
🌿Botany Manor is a cozy game but also a window into challenges women face in academia.
For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮
Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...
For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮
Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...
Botany Manor: a cozy game unveiling the inequalities in academia
Interview with Laure De Mey and Kitt Byrne Download PDF Botany Manor is a multiplatform game developed by the English indie studio Balloon Studios and published by Whitethorn Games. Initially relea…
jgeekstudies.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Big thanks to the @botanymanor.bsky.social team at @balloonstudios.bsky.social for sharing their insights with us! 🌿🎮
Your thoughtful storytelling not only created a beautiful game, but it also brings to fore important conversations about women in #academia. 🙌 #WomenInSTEM
Your thoughtful storytelling not only created a beautiful game, but it also brings to fore important conversations about women in #academia. 🙌 #WomenInSTEM
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🏆 Want to know who won the 2024 GAconf accessibility awards? Find out this Wednesday, streaming on both @ign.com and the IGDA-GASIG YouTube channel!
Full info on all the finalists and why they're finalists is at www.gaconf.com/gaconf-award...
#gamedev #accessibility
Full info on all the finalists and why they're finalists is at www.gaconf.com/gaconf-award...
#gamedev #accessibility
January 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🏆 Want to know who won the 2024 GAconf accessibility awards? Find out this Wednesday, streaming on both @ign.com and the IGDA-GASIG YouTube channel!
Full info on all the finalists and why they're finalists is at www.gaconf.com/gaconf-award...
#gamedev #accessibility
Full info on all the finalists and why they're finalists is at www.gaconf.com/gaconf-award...
#gamedev #accessibility
🎮 Playstation Launch Update ✨
We're happy to announce that Botany Manor is coming to PS4 and PS5 on the 28th of January! 🌻
We're happy to announce that Botany Manor is coming to PS4 and PS5 on the 28th of January! 🌻
January 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🎮 Playstation Launch Update ✨
We're happy to announce that Botany Manor is coming to PS4 and PS5 on the 28th of January! 🌻
We're happy to announce that Botany Manor is coming to PS4 and PS5 on the 28th of January! 🌻